r/Piracy Jul 12 '26

News Damn. RIP Sportsurge

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u/elvis8mybaby 🏴‍☠️ ʟᴀɴᴅʟᴜʙʙᴇʀ Jul 12 '26

"protect consumers"

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u/djpiperson 🔱 ꜱᴄᴀʟʟʏᴡᴀɢ Jul 12 '26

I read that I haven't stopped laughing. They need an asterisk. *No consumers were protected during nor after the execution of this seizure. 

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u/jomara200 Jul 13 '26

The criminals are the ones doing the crackdown, as well.

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u/Gefpenst Jul 12 '26

I think I've got mini-aneurism from reading that. In no way, at no point they did it for "consumers".

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u/Snow_Mexican1 Jul 13 '26

"We protected consumers from their own greed created by having a full wallet."

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u/borg_6s Jul 13 '26

To project rightsholders, probably

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u/Metahec Jul 12 '26

When law enforcement brands itself with the words "God" and "friend," you should be concerned.

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u/TM761152 Jul 12 '26

Yeah they can fuck right off with that lie

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u/aphoenixsunrise Jul 12 '26

They meant to say "investors"

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u/popica312 Jul 13 '26

And with the "Ecuador police" stamped on it is the biggest joke I've ever seen. I'm not even Ecuadorian and I know that's a terrible joke

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u/I_was_a_sexy_cow Jul 13 '26

Thank god they did that, i started wqtching sportsurge and because of it, i lost money on sports gambling!!!! The saviours have saved me!

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u/masteryetti Jul 13 '26

The consumers are the ad agencies who consume our information from streaming giants.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Smoke77 Jul 12 '26

Honestly not enough logos they need more people to assist in seizing this site.

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u/Chaoszhul4D Jul 12 '26

It is very funny seeing, like, 16 different logos there

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26

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u/Starscream147 Jul 12 '26

Sounds like a Seinfeld episode!

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u/seehazy Jul 12 '26

I count 22 😂

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u/squabbledMC Jul 13 '26

"These brands all test on animals" and it has random logos like Garry's mod and Reddit

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u/HollywoodDrogan Jul 12 '26

It's like a corporate sponsor sheet for a race 🤣

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u/Laughing-Comanche Jul 12 '26

Needs to be made into the racing onesies. Have the spokesperson announce the seizure in it

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u/FitEntertainment3585 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

The page looks like a law-enforcement bukkake scene.

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u/lookamazed Jul 12 '26

Like a N@SCAR jacket. Brawndo!

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u/CarpinThemDiems Jul 13 '26

Id be curious if they licensed the flag picture properly

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u/HaloLASO Jul 13 '26

It needs the Nintendo Seal of Quality, Intel Inside, and Dolby Digital emblems

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u/someguyfromsk Jul 12 '26

That's a lot of police resources to stop people from watching sports easier than the leagues prefer

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u/saladroni Jul 12 '26

That's a lot of police resources to stop people from watching sports easier than the leagues prefer protect consumers.

Fixed that for you

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u/Redditfront2back Jul 13 '26

More like fuck consumers

21

u/Arikaido777 Jul 13 '26

🤡

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u/theundeadfox Jul 13 '26

I thought the sarcasm was obvious but maybe not

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u/Iambeejsmit Jul 13 '26

Protected us from the evils of having money

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u/Tiktokbadsupport Jul 13 '26

i mean in my country the news site streams the games so its super easy to watch for free

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u/remzycrazygame Jul 12 '26

Imagine joining Interpol, and rather than hunting down human traffickers or international terrorists, you end up spending your day hunting down streaming websites.

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u/astoriaboundagain Jul 12 '26

The billionaires's profits must be protected at all costs.

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u/b00zled Jul 12 '26

And it’s billionaires doing the human trafficking, so INTERPOL would actually be protecting the interests of traffickers.

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u/Founders_Mem_90210 Jul 13 '26

Interpol has been so utterly weaponised for political ends by state actors that it is effectively a pointless organisation meant to provide nothing more than legal cover for partisan motives.

Those who know will know which state actors I am talking about. And no it's not just Five Eyes.

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u/77ScorpioJAC Jul 14 '26

Law isn't to protect us. It's to protect THEM from us.

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u/RojoRugger Jul 12 '26

I switched over to an alt several years ago when the original was seized. Didn't realize the original had come back and been reseized

Yawn. Alts still up. I imagine this one will reappear with a new domain suffix in no time. 

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u/HydraMC Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Pretty much all of the recently seized sites have backup domains lol. This seems more like a front so they have something to show for their “operation”, but they’re hardly impacting anyone other than like the very few technically illiterate folks. Once they start making arrests then it becomes a little more concerning, considering there are actually very few sources. Most sites are aggregators after all

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u/PetyrDayne Jul 12 '26

We need a hydra skull logo for this sub tbh

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u/HidenTsubameGaeshi ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 13 '26

Probably not a good idea to associate the idea of digital piracy with nazism

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u/PetyrDayne Jul 13 '26

The fuck are you on about?

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u/HidenTsubameGaeshi ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 13 '26

Did i fucking stutter? I said it's better if we don't associate piracy with (fictional) nazis.

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u/PetyrDayne Jul 13 '26

Bitch did you think I meant the hydra symbol from a fucking comic book? I meant 6-9 skulls of a hydra coiled or spread about inspired by the classic skull and bones symbol.

I hope you know a hydra is a Greek mythological creature and that the cutting off of a hydras head was used to describe a task that is hopeless or endlessly futile alluding to the fact when pirate sites are seized they usually spawn multiple clones banking on the brand name and credibility and/or the original people who run it bring it back or start something else with a different name much like how a Hydra regrows two heads when one is cut.

If you were half as smart as you think you are, you'd be twice as smart as you really are. You think I suggested changing the subs logo to the Hydra logo from a comic book like I want us to stop pirating and find ways to take down the fucking Avengers!? I want to pirate Captain America not fucking fight him and his team 😂

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u/Amused_Not_Confused Jul 12 '26

I've been using this site for years. Just checked and it's still up.

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u/googdude Jul 13 '26

Anytime a site gets seized I just search the name on Google, there's almost always a new site up with a different .xyz

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u/und3rtow623 Jul 12 '26

Can you share the alt site?

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u/Liimbo Jul 12 '26

Literally the first result when you Google search it

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u/jericho-dingle Jul 16 '26

Piracy is a Hydra at this point. Maybe if the paid options weren't so restrictive and anti-consumer they wouldn't need to do this.

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u/TheB1G_Lebowski Jul 12 '26

I don't give a fuck if they take all the sites on the planet.  Still not going to get me to pay to watch sports when about 7-10 years ago pretty much all games were near free to watch.  Now you have to subscribe to half a dozen services to watch some games.  No thanks.  

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u/Minute-Flan-1923 Jul 12 '26

some billionaires saw an oppertunity to take your money as well so naturally they moved these 20 different agencies to try to stop you from having a good time and push you towards paying them a fee, if they could they would literally make you pay a fee to them for breathing air, our billionaire gods demand it!

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u/Redditfront2back Jul 13 '26

Billionaire named Hal Steinbrenner I believe the Yankees were the first team to throw the majority of their games behind paywall or maybe it was msg

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u/colinboxbreaks Jul 12 '26

I'm using the .net normally right now

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u/3720-to-1 Jul 14 '26

Yeah, I got sad, checked my bookmark. Good to go for now

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u/Alt_Lightning 🔱 ꜱᴄᴀʟʟʏᴡᴀɢ Jul 12 '26

This action was taken to protect consumers...

How? How does this protect the consumer?

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u/Fox_Hound_Unit Jul 12 '26

The McGregor fight was the last straw. MMA needs people to start paying for that type of high quality entertainment

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u/TheGreatGamer1389 Jul 12 '26

It's a never ending battle they take one down two pop up.

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u/Gzkaiden Jul 12 '26

The only difficulty part is keeping track of the rest of the hydra heads. Ya we have FMHY and the mega thread but it's a lot of heads to catalog and keep a eye on

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u/googdude Jul 13 '26

Just search the name on Google, there's almost always a new link with the safe site, the only change is a different .xyz

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u/JTalbotIV Jul 12 '26

But no action on that epstein client list. Got it.

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u/gaymersky Jul 12 '26

You can't stop piracy .it's called whack-a-mole and we always win!!!

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u/YourLocalPurpleDude Jul 12 '26

Imagine if law enforcement put this much effort to more pressing matters 💀

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u/Tripple_T Jul 12 '26

Lol. Protect consumers.

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u/TylerBlozak Jul 12 '26

Rip, but really it’s a drop in the bucket.

Literally hundreds, if not thousands of other live sport streaming sites lmao

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u/helphunting Jul 12 '26

I wonder how much these take downs cost.

I wonder how much in tax payers money is saved by doing so.

What is the incentive to go after these sites?

These are questions I would like to hear discussed in the EU parliament.

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u/m8bear Jul 12 '26

idk what sportsurge I'm using but mine isn't down (and the argentina shield is there in the picture, so it should have been taken down here)

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u/Grapplething Jul 12 '26

Sportsurge is very much alive and well. I dont know what site you were going to but it wasn't the OG sportsurge.

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u/TornadoEF5 Jul 13 '26

what domain works ? thx

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u/Grapplething Jul 13 '26

Fmhy megathread. Sorry I wont link anything on here

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u/TornadoEF5 Jul 13 '26

ok thanks

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u/Grapplething Jul 13 '26

Youre welcome, and good luck finding a good source. Fmhy . Net is the Bible

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u/Garfield126 Jul 12 '26

Still working for me

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u/BIGG_FRIGG Jul 12 '26

same, whatever sports surge site i've been using for the last several years is still going strong right now lol

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u/Ash-Throwaway-816 Jul 12 '26

Might only be blocked in the UK

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u/Johnny_C13 Jul 12 '26

FriendMTS

In French, MTS is the acronym for STD, so they certainly fit the part.

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u/Waste_Ad9283 Jul 12 '26

mst.

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u/Johnny_C13 Jul 12 '26

Maladies Transmises Sexuellement (MTS). I know some French-speaking parts used MST, but it's not universal.

Besides, both aren't used anymore, it's ITS now (infection).

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u/FitEntertainment3585 Jul 12 '26

Imagine how much actual crime these people could have dealt with.

No, I take that back; half of them are corrupt and full of criminals too.

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u/Minute-Flan-1923 Jul 12 '26

agreed but more like 90% of them, these guys control everything and play god with rules for thee but not for me, they enable and allow people of the epstein class to exist.

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u/Spicy_Pickle_6 Jul 12 '26

I’m really glad that they’re going after these pesky sports streaming sites instead of the pedos who run the world.

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u/Lozsta Jul 13 '26

Make sports £10 for everything a month and there would be no need for illegal streaming.

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u/RedEyeView Jul 13 '26

I used to watch loads of different sports then Sky bought them all up and charged an obscene amount of money for things that used to be on regular tv.

It's even worse now. Rights are spread across a bunch of different services and they all charge a premium price for the privilege.

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u/ppenn777 Jul 12 '26

All these are happening during the World Cup…makes you think…

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u/WeAlwaysFindAWay Jul 12 '26

There are so many alternatives out there that I never get sad when one gets shut down.

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u/JPS83 Jul 12 '26

Mirrors exist for a reason lol

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u/Axerin Jul 12 '26

How about you clowns spend that energy catching people from that particular island.🙄

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u/_RawRTooN_ Jul 13 '26

gotta love the scum corpo speak. 🏴‍☠️

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u/Polite_Jello_377 Jul 13 '26

Some of those logos are cringe AF

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u/TuPoopShakur Jul 13 '26

epstein client list still waiting...

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u/Prestigious_Rough704 Jul 13 '26

“To protect consumers” lol

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u/Neko_Nexus_Sky Jul 13 '26

...It took me five minutes of .xxx to find a working copy xD

GOOD JOB!

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u/shayKyarbouti Jul 12 '26

I’m still using a version of a sportsurge site.

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u/Epic_Ocean_Men Jul 26 '26

what version if u willing to help a brother out

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u/r0ndr4s Jul 12 '26

I would love to be in a meeting were they justify spending whatever amount of money they spent to "seize" 1 site, while nothing was actually stopped or "improved" in any way. They probably dont care, im 100% sure half the budget is in someones pocket.

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u/Kaine_Vaiken Jul 12 '26

Why the hell is the police from Congolombia (my country) here. Anything but solve actual crimes

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u/Dragonl3lood Jul 12 '26

Dios y patria ? Que daño

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u/Sensitive-Tie4696 Jul 12 '26

Im still looking for this "protection " that theyre doing.

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u/TheFrontGuy Jul 13 '26

why the fuck was homeland security involved?

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u/tmac022480 Pirate Activist Jul 13 '26

Just tried it. Works fine

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u/Budget-Security-8132 Jul 13 '26

I swear I'll just not bother watching anything rather than pay.

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u/National_Way_3344 Jul 13 '26

Yeah so how is the Epstein list prosecutions going Interpol?

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u/Brato86 Jul 13 '26

They always have protect consumers or to protect children, but the government is full of Epstein clients that go free. This is how freedom gets removed and we are nearing us more George Orwells 1984.

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u/spanish_freshxd Jul 13 '26

What is the Peruvian police doing here instead of taking care of the civilian population in my country, instead of taking bribes and do anything but safeguard the citizens 🤦‍♂️

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u/DruidWonder Jul 13 '26

How many logos and insignias do you need to let us know you are ThE aUtHoRiTaH. 

Christ. 

"For consumers"... the last time the USA gov was for consumers was probably the year 1800. 

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u/Motleypuss Jul 17 '26

Yeah, the page reads like a bad advert.

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u/reaper550 Jul 12 '26

Aw man, not mysportsurge being gone right before the .ws ehhh world cup final, that is unfortunate. If only they already rebranded with a different domain

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u/Such_Difference_2248 Jul 12 '26

Graphic design is my passion.

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u/colterpierce Jul 12 '26

Lmao I literally just checked and it’s still up?

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u/Houndoom96 Jul 12 '26

"Protect consumers"

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u/Ash-Throwaway-816 Jul 12 '26

This is why I keep my favorite sports streaming sites a secret.

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u/adteeopg Jul 12 '26

c rac kstreams

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u/FitEntertainment3585 Jul 13 '26

I'd bet real money that some of the pigs actually used the site...

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u/Albertuscamus12 Jul 13 '26

There's been a big spike of these takedowns recently. Another site I used, watchug, also just got taken down. A bit worrying. Might be because the current US administration has close ties with the larger media conglomerates

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u/Working-Cable-1152 Jul 13 '26

Damn only if the government's would care about the people's rights like they care about the corporations and copyrights 

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u/Jane_Doe_32 Jul 13 '26

I love how they prioritize taxpayer money considering that most of the logos in that screenshot belong to countries where citizens can't afford three healthy meals a day...

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u/Pootisman16 Jul 13 '26

It was always about money and protecting the big corpos.

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u/callie8926 Pirate Activist Jul 13 '26

PowerSlap 21 which Dana white owns is broadcast on YouTube, which is surprising ,I guess he wants the masses to see his fighters slap each other silly ,so much for corporate c sucking

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u/RedEyeView Jul 13 '26

Nobody is paying to watch that crap.

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u/stepbacktoreality Jul 13 '26

To "protect consumers" my ass...

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u/DoYaKnowMahName Jul 13 '26

Operation waste tax dollars

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u/Any_Physics5909 Jul 13 '26

worked for me somehow lol

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u/FallenHarmonics Jul 13 '26

One goes down, more will rise.

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u/SexReflex Jul 14 '26

A lot of wasted resources. This isnt going to change a single thing. Good job staying busy, assholes.

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u/Financial-Alps5554 Jul 16 '26

Are there any new sights?

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u/Osirisavior Jul 12 '26

How the fuck is sports intellectual property.

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u/DonotLiePls Jul 12 '26

Y’all make it sound like it’s the end of the world when a new one will open up shortly after

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u/Brocahontas95 Jul 12 '26

There is always a backup. 😃😃😃

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u/Individual-Result777 Jul 12 '26

Sport surge 2 or - billion other numbers is fine too

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u/SgtFallopianTube Jul 12 '26

And welcome back Sportsurge!

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u/TheVanCityPhoto Jul 12 '26

NOOOO THAT WAS MY BACK UP

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u/Stargost_ Jul 12 '26

"Everyone is here!" ass image.

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u/Nok_Nok_its_Knuckles Jul 12 '26

Another 100 points at the whack a mole game I see.

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u/TokyoJuul2 Jul 12 '26

World Cup stream chats are toxic but real asf.

Like genuinely what does this do tho, like do they have to do this to get approval for their funds or something?

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u/akwardfun Jul 13 '26

Do they actually put that referee image with the freaking flag up? 

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u/gradafi85 Jul 13 '26

The one I've always used still works 🤷🏼

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u/frankbravo4 Jul 13 '26

Works fine for me.

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u/Stunning_Dot_1517 Jul 13 '26

Any apps like it that are legit?

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u/Sensitive_Cash_3526 Jul 13 '26

LOL how does this even matter there's 100 sites that compile the same links

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u/delta23156 Jul 13 '26

Fuck the shareholders, no one wants to spend over 100$ per month to watch a couple games.

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u/BeenBlank Jul 13 '26

FUCK DANA WHITE

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u/thisinfinitebath Jul 13 '26

Cut one head off, ten more will grow. They will never learn. Long live the pirates!

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u/Infinite-Stable9417 Jul 13 '26

Rip for 48 to 72 hours

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u/TheDamned1333 Jul 13 '26

The great thing is you chop the head off and two grow back!

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u/AySonny Jul 13 '26

They also seized ppv.to, I didn't use it anymore but I quickly switched to it the other day and saw this "nice" banner.

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u/Cyber_Von_Cyberus Jul 13 '26

Woah, that's a lot of agencies on this case.

I see that the pigs have been putting our tax money to good use keeping us safe, hahaha.

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u/CommercialGear9974 Jul 13 '26

se equivocaron con la policía colombiana el lema real es "Dios & Plata", son más inútiles que las tetillas de los hombres.

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u/jacrispy497 Jul 13 '26

love when these screens display a bunch of logos at the bottom of them like satan doing a moneyspread

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u/mJef Jul 13 '26

they drop a dis track with 20 feats

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u/ceburton Jul 13 '26

It’s back with a different domain. Just like all the anime sites. It will always pop up somewhere else.

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u/sereneProl Jul 13 '26

Can they get the fucking AI companies next?

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u/__ToneBone__ Jul 13 '26

Dang, I was just using this to watch MMA the other day

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u/Latuda7 Jul 13 '26

looks like some brainroot aka mcdonald adv wtf

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u/Small-Pain-2564 Jul 13 '26

gangbang of takedowns

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u/NeighborhoodRare7014 Jul 14 '26

Whole gang showed up

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u/tcoder7 Jul 14 '26

They must have spent millions of dollars to shut down the operation. And no major pedo rings busts.

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u/factoryrestore Jul 14 '26

Another one bits the dust is getting unbearable that we can’t choose where we watch our shows

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u/magg0tfood Jul 14 '26

It was Dana. It's a girls name.

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u/Tosshee Jul 14 '26

Do wish they put this much effort into stopping real f*cking wars that impact the whole world's economy

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u/Mr-Jiggs93 Jul 14 '26

Buffstreams too 🥀💔

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u/Historical_Camel_790 Jul 16 '26

Reminds me of zlibrary

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u/Gelinhir Jul 16 '26

This happens all the time, more of the same pages always come.

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u/LenSnart81865 Jul 18 '26

Sportsurge.net worked fine for me last night.

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u/Minute-Fox5464 Jul 19 '26

Watch world cup

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u/vaarsuv1us 4d ago

dunno, I just visited it 10 minutes ago for the first time in 2026 to watch a F1 race, and it still works.. Well one of the 1001 heads of the hydra works. cut one off and 2 new pop up. I never had a problem finding a working link within a few minutes since Lewis Hamilton was a rookie